mortality rates

Kandi Burruss Sounds Off About Sex, Stigma and Blacks

Health Rewind: Kandi on Why It’s So Hard for African-Americans to Talk About Sex

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Working Out May Increase Your Life Expectancy

Being sedentary is deadlier than being obese, a study says.
01/26/2015
Ballerina Sounds Off On Meeting Staying Positive and Exercise

Health Rewind: How Misty Copeland Keeps Her Resolutions

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Cancer Deaths Are Down, But Blacks Still More Likely to Die

Poverty and lack of prevention are to blame.
01/07/2015
Ebola Death Toll Reaches 4,500 in West Africa

Health Rewind: Ebola Death Toll Reaches 4,500 in West Africa

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Why This Matters to Us

Understanding Aggressive Forms of Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer Awareness, breast cancer, BET Goes Pink

The 411 on African-Americans and Breast Cancer

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Double Mastectomy Doesn’t Boost Survival for Most

Breast cancer procedure doesn’t save many lives.
09/04/2014
Corrections Expenditures Have Skyrocketed in Past Decades

Health Rewind: Prison Rates Among Women are Skyrocketing

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Which Mental Health Messages Will Black Teens Listen To?

Health Rewind: Researchers Want to Link Black Students to Mental Health Care

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Is There a Cure?

Why Is Colon Cancer Deadlier in Blacks?

Genetics may play a role in our mortality rates.
06/25/2014